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Musicologie

Brand Summary

Musicologie is an exciting music school franchise that offers simply delightful music lessons to all ages and abilities through private lessons and group programs. Musicologie was opened with a simple idea: Everyone is a musician. Play, sing, make beats, write songs; whatever kind of music making it is, it’s good for your mind, your body and your soul at every age. It's part of what makes us human.

We are a brick-and-mortar concept, specializing in small, in-person, neighborhood lesson studios. Since our founding in 2014, we've taught more than 7,000 students ranging in ages from 6 months in our Musicologie Junior program, to elementary kids in Accelerated Labs and RockStars, to adults in private lessons.

We approach music school franchising exactly like we approach music lessons. If you work hard and follow the process, you can achieve your goals. And our role is the same for our franchisees as it is for our music students. We are your teacher, your guide, and your coach. It's what we do best. We're here to lead you through our music school franchising method as you build an awesome music school franchise.

Brand Superpowers

Focus on private lessons (90%)

64% US parents enroll kids in music lessons

Music lessons are recession proof

Unsaturated industry

Teacher recruitment and certification process

*THE NUMBERS

$192,925 - $363,625 Investment Range

604,136 Average Gross Sales

N/A Other Revenue

7 Royalty

Brand Fund

$400,000 Financial Requirements

Business Basics Get to know the brand

The Stats What is the growth trajectory of the brand

Ideal Candidate What characteristics do the highest-performing franchisees have

Founder	Kay and Joseph Barker
Home Office Location	Columbus, OH
Company Founded	2014
Began Franchising	2024
Industry	Music lessons
Industry Size	800MM
Veteran Discount	$5000 (first only)
Group Health Insurance	Yes

Business Basics Get to know the brand

Founder	Kay and Joseph Barker
Home Office Location	Columbus, OH
Company Founded	2014
Began Franchising	2024
Industry	Music lessons
Industry Size	800MM
Veteran Discount	$5000 (first only)
Group Health Insurance	Yes

The Stats What is the growth trajectory of the brand

Company Units Open	6
Franchise Units Awarded All Time	18
Franchise Units Awarded Last 12 Months	16
Franchise Units Open	2
Number of franchisees	12

Ideal Candidate What characteristics do the highest-performing franchisees have

Desire to scale / multi-unit ownership
Relationship Builder
Passion to Help People
No Industry Experience Required
Community Centric
Leadership Skills

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

DO THEY OFFER FINANCING TO HELP BUY THE FRANCHISE?

No

WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY DO THEY HAVE IN PLACE?

Job Management, Scheduling, CRM, Inventory Management and Billing

DO THEY OFFER FLEXIBLE OWNERSHIP?

Yes

DO THEY OFFER A DISCOUNT TO VETERANS?

$5000 (first only)

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